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Originally Posted by Crazy Hitch
Neither.
My extreme anxiety at work 2 years ago eventually lead to mania (lack of sleep was the ultimate trigger) which lead to psychosis. The two are intertwined for me.
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I strongly believe it is for everyone. It's just reaching a breaking point quickly and the extent of psychosis that may make the anxiety less severe. How easily anxiety gives way to perceptual changes. But the consequences may of course be worse in the long term. As I believe, the more gradual the rise in anxiety, the greater the flexibility and attenuation of anxiety by psychosis, and the more affective the psychosis.
A balance is very likely best, it seems to me. It often is, of course. You don't want SZ apathy and avolition or only BP dysphoric mania or agitated depression or a mixed state with anxiety between episodes or continuously.
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A purely affective psychosis or a purely non-affective psychosis might be best though. A combination is likely to cause a mixed state, I think.